For older teens and young adults, the extraction of so-called wisdom teeth is a painful rite of passage. A new study suggests it’s likely made more perilous by the package of narcotic pain pills that ...

Wisdom teeth are the upper and lower third molars located in the back of your mouth. Most people have a wisdom tooth on the top and bottom of each side of their mouth. Wisdom teeth are the last four ...

Inside the Nice pharmacy on Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, employees busily fill prescriptions for waiting customers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Whether a wisdom tooth truly brings wisdom is debatable — but when it starts throbbing, all your wisdom seems to disappear!

Your wisdom teeth are molars. They’re the large teeth at the back of your mouth, sometimes called the third molars. They’re the last teeth to grow in. Most people get wisdom teeth between the ages of ...

Home remedies, such as an ice pack and over-the-counter (OTC) medications, can help relieve wisdom tooth pain. However, a person may need to have their wisdom teeth removed. There are four wisdom ...

A preemptive low dose of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) etoricoxib may reduce the need for analgesics after third-molar surgery. We covered all the details in the top story of the ...

Getting wisdom teeth removed may be a rite of passage for many teens and young adults, but the opioid painkiller prescriptions that many receive could set them on a path to long-term opioid use, a new ...

Wisdom teeth often don’t have room to grow in fully and can cause various dental problems. That’s why many dentists recommend having your wisdom teeth removed. If you think your wisdom teeth are ...

Dragan Grubor is Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne and Senior Consultant Surgeon in the Austin Hospital. Anton Sklavos and Seth ...